BELIEFSWhen it comes to Beliefs, Morals, and Values, the three seemed to connect in a variety of ways. According to Webster, belief is a state or habit of mind in which trust or confidence is placed in some person or place. Another meaning of belief states that belief is the conviction of the truth of some statement or the reality of something being or phenomenon that is based on evidence. Many people including myself have their own opinion or idea about belief. The conviction of the truth and to put trust or confidence in someone or place is what I believe. MORALS AND VALUES

Morals and Values have much in common however there are a few distinct differences. Morals derive basically from a system of beliefs that starts in the early part of one’s life. Morals are mainly taught by parents in the home. They also can be taught in a religious setting. Although morals and values have a lot in common, morals are great tools that our society believes we need to have to obtain a successful life. I consider values as a particular standard we hold and try to live up to. Values determine the good as well as the bad, but really it’s depends on the individual and most definitely the choices they make.

IS MAN INHERENTLY GOOD OR EVIL?Is Man inherently good or evil? This is a question that many philosophers, psychologists, and scientists have questioned for centuries. We have learned from Webster that good is morally excellent, virtuous, and pious. He also states that evil is the total opposite. Evil is morally wrong or bad and immorally wicked. I believe that man is inherently evil simply because when a baby is born the nature of evil is already in existence. This only indicates that humans don’t have to be taught to do wrong. (As human beings we have the most extraordinary capacity for evil, but we as a people also have an...

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Is maninherentlygood or evil? To answer that question we will examine humanity’s past and present acts. We will discuss the causation of man through their natural acts, through wars, conflicts and common acts of violence. We will show that humanity is neither inherentlyevil nor good. However, we often settle our personal disagreements through common violent acts. Wars are fought because we want to establish our dominance or have some kind of agenda. Briefly mentioned are some common theories suggesting the reasoning behind such wicked behaviors. Also discussed is the examination of each team member’s personal values, which is an idea, accepted by individuals or a group; beliefs are any cognitive content held as true; morals are principles of right and wrong or, conforming to standards of behavior and character based on those principles. These are based in cultural and social constructs which vary from culture to culture. Thomas Hobbes, a 17th century philosopher viewed human beings as naturally egoistic creatures who seek their own welfare, even if this leads to aggression against others. Hobbes argued that people join into society to gain security from others. A century later Jean-Jacques Rousseau disputed Hobbes’ theory, and in 1762 Rousseau wrote humans are natural compassionate loners. But, unlike animals, human behavior is not determined...

... Is maninherentlygood or evil? This is a question that people all across the world have attempted to answer, but the answer is always out of reach. Researchers have studied the philosophies of old philosophers like John Locke, Jean Jacque Rousseau, Plato, and Thomas Hobbes, in order to answer this question but never quite get a definitive answer. They have even conducted tests on babies to try and figure out the enigma of human nature. However no matter what the opposite side proposes, every human is born with compassion and empathy for others, which makes them good.
Many people would say that humans are inherentlyevil by providing examples from history. Adolf Hitler and Joseph Stalin were notorious for their atrocities and were known for being purely evil. Hitler led a group known as the Nazis and killed millions of Jews. Even Joseph Stalin, the leader of the Soviet Union, killed off any possible enemies and sent many Russians to gulags, which were work camps. At these work camps, people worked to their death. Stalin even took every piece of grain from the land and left the people of Russia to starve. There is no doubt that what these two men did was evil , but this does not prove that they were born evil. Stalin was born with a deformed arm and was permanently scarred from smallpox. Due to his deformities, Stalin was treated...

...Is Man Born Good Or Evil?
I do not think that man was born neither good nor evil, I believe that man are raised into there chosen behavior because of the society, environment, family, culture, or even the media, but I believe man has this natural instinct to be good or evil.I do believe that man is both good and evil.Man can do great, wonderful, terrible, and horrible things.If the perception of man being both good and evil is true, then each decision that humanity makes must be struggle, since good tells you to do one thing, while evil tells you to do something else. It's like you're mind is split in two.
When conversations come up like this or debates it's very hard to talk about good when all people usually think about is the bad. Even I think more about the bad rather than the good. The evil might be affecting us in one way or another. We try to do good, but sometimes the evil simply takes over and there's not much to stop it. We simply give in because it's easier. The point is, doing evil is easy, while doing good is hard, but how can one truly live their lives if all they ever did was the easy thing? It'd be very...

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...Man is innately good, but has the ability to be evil.
I believe that a majority of people do what they believe to be right.
Whether they are correct or not is another matter. In order to be truly
evil, I believe that one has to purposely, consciously, try to hurt others.
Be it physically or mentally, a conscious effort to injure others is for no
obvious benifit to the human race is evil. I also think thatgood and evil
are on totally different planes than right and wrong. They do not go
hand in hand. I believe this because good and evil in my mind are
concrete, they do not change. Right and wrong, however, are more of an
individual thing, which can not be confined to guidelines.
As I said before, I believe that people try to do good most of the
time. As in every rule, however, there is an exception. There are certain
circumstances in life which can change the way a person acts.
There is a definite duality within me. I am usually a good person. I
open doors, push in chairs, listen to people, and help little kids. But,
occasionally I catch myself thinking about how I could make someone feel
bad. I automatically feel my face turn red, and that would be the end of
the thought. But I think once in a while everyone thinks something like,
'He would really be embarrassed if I told everyone about that time at...

...Is maninherentlyevil? Many people have different answers to this question some do not believe that there is such a thing as good or evil. What is good and evil? Is evil a part of every human being from the moment he is on this planet? I think that man himself chooses in which direction to go to and the environment influences his or her decisions. Many think that you are not inherentlyevil or good it is you and the environment that makes you evil or good. William Golding in his book is trying to prove and say through his book that people are evil by nature. If a person does not see, what he has done is wrong or evil than you cannot consider this evil or wrongdoing. Evil is when a person knows that what he is doing is wrong but he wants and does it anyway.
In Golding's book, this supports the idea that man is inherentlyevil "she was black and pink: and the great bladder of her belly was fringed with a row of piglets. They kill a mother saw for a feast to recruit new members into the tribe" (William Golding page 134). The boys killed the mother sow to recruit boys when they could have just eaten berries or at least a pig without babies. In the book lord of the flies William Golding...

...﻿“Is Human Nature InherentlyGood or Evil?”
Innocence; as defined by Merriam-Webster.com, is the freedom from guilt or sin through being unacquainted with evil. “When we are first born, we are yet to be influenced by the corruptness of the world”, as stated in Tom Stafford’s article “Are We Naturally Good or Bad” (1). Also stated in the same article is that “Babies are humans with the absolute minimum of cultural influence.” If we are born so pure, then what factors lead some people into becoming the monsters that society grows to fear? Which supports claim: We are born good, but factors such as family, society and technology, all interfere with our natural design.
Family has a huge impact on who you become. They are the people from whom we first learn about love and life. We are impacted, positively and negatively, by the beliefs, attitudes, values and behaviors of those in our families. According to the Harvard Family Research Project, “The level and quality of family involvement has a direct link to healthy early childhood development. The family plays a significant role in how a child's personality, attitudes and behaviors are formed” (1.) The values and practices of parents and siblings directly impact the learning and emotional development of the children in a family. For instance, if a child was born into a family of Ku Klux Klan members, then the child would have been...

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Good and Evil-Casablanca
Kimberly Gromack
PHI2000
U03a1-Unit 3 Assignment
Capella University
October, 2013
There are many different viewpoints on what is right and wrong and ethically and morally correct. Immanuel Kant (1724-1804) and Jon Stuart Mill (1806-1873), both considered to be two of the best philosophers of all time, had different views on how one should live the Good Life. John Stuart Mill’s theory was called Utilitarianism and Kant’s theory, the Categorical Imperative.
Immanuel Kant believed that it was more important for a person to have moral values than to be intelligent, funny, or to have any other talents or traits of the human mind or body. He believed of course that it was good to have these talents but that “moral worth” was invaluable. Kant expressed, “to act morally is to act from no other motive than the motive of doing what is right” (Sommers & Sommers, 2010, p. 230).
Kant believed that morality was not just about the results or effect of an action but the will behind the action. He believed that our actions must come from a sense of Duty, not because we care for or love one another but because it is our Duty to “respect the Moral Law” (p. 246). Judging the importance of a decision based on whether or not it was following a rule or set of rules is called deontological ethics. He believed that it was not the consequences of the...